Tatsumeeko raises $7.5M for blockchain fantasy MMO
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Tatsumeeko raised $7.5 million in seed funding to fund its cross-platform fantasy online game with blockchain technology.
The Singapore-based company is making a massively multiplayer online role-playing (MMORPG) lite game. And it is using non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which can authenticate unique digital items, to enable a new business model for the game.
DeFiance Capital, Delphi Ventures and Bitkraft Ventures co-led the round. Other investors include Binance Labs, Animoca Brands, Dialectic, GuildFi, and more.
The game is being developed by the team who launched the initial game concept, Tatsu.GG, the market leader in Discord community gamification and engagement that captured 60 million users and 1.4 million Discord communities. It’s a variation on the chatbot.
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The funds will allow Tatsumeeko to continue development on the MMORPG-lite experience to be released on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains.
Many NFT and gaming companies are relying on Discord, an online community platform with over 140 Million monthly users, to engage with their user base. Those community participants help the games spread in a viral way, which is necessary since most app stores don’t have blockchain games.
In 2015, Tatsumeeko’s team saw the potential to create a cross-platform gaming ecosystem, Tatsu.gg, which is now set to evolve and breathe new life into Discord
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